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We have several broad categories of heirloom bean seeds to pick from, so it is good to be aware of the differences. Fava Beans produce giant pods and beans, and are in a class of their own. Then there are Lima Beans which are harvested green and usually shelled out of the pod to eat. We also have the classic Green Beans which can be stringless, and can have either a bush or pole growing habit. Yellow Beans are very similar to Green Beans, and provide a nice contrast in food. We also have several other varieties of open pollinated seeds that grow colorful beans like French Horticulture and Royal Burgundy. These beans are very easy to harvest and fun to eat. Finally, we have a lot of familiar Dry Beans like Kidney Bean, Navy Bean, etc that are generally allowed to dry down and then hulled out for use in soups and other tasty dishes.

This old heirloom bean is good for early planting and is grown for its versatility as either a snap bean or dry bean. Hardy plants grow up to 18" tall and bear 6" pods that are delicious and remain stringless at all times. Dried seeds are black. Matures in about 60 days.

Blue Lake 274 Bush Beans stand on the top of the list of gourmet cooks and gardeners alike because of their unsurpassed flavor and high yield. A favorite of home gardeners, and highly recommended for canning. Bushes grow about 18" tall and produce 5"-6" pods with white seeds. Heat tolerant.

This bean variety produces a week earlier that other varieties and is very high yielding! Plants need no support and are great for your home garden. Delicious, stringless pods grow up to 6" long. Vigorous plants have some resistance to the common mosaic powdery mildew. Matures in about 50 days.

Contender green bush bean seeds are popular, adaptive and productive! Thick pods are tender and are great fresh, canned, or frozen. This early bean variety is dependable and ideal for cool, short season climates. Pods grow 6" long, and are flavorful and stringless. Matures in 50 days.

The plants of the French Horticultural bean do well in heavy soils, and yield flat 8" green pods that are primarily used as snap beans. If dried, the pods turn to a yellow color splashed with red, and the purple seeds can be used as a dry soup bean. A half runner type that some consider a pole bean. 68 days to maturity.

Harvester Beans live up to their name, and you will need a harvester to bring the crop in! Tender six-inch pods are held high off the ground on this hardy bush bean plant. Ready in just 55 days, they're stringless, tender, and very easy to grow. Resistant to most bean diseases.

This cousin of Kentucky Wonder Pole Bean has the same great taste, but has the picking advantage of a bush bean! Kentucky Wonder bush bean seeds mature in just 50 days - a week earlier than most bush beans. The 16" plant is hardier than a pole bean, and doesn't need staking. The 8" meaty pods are crisp, and packed with delicious seeds.

This is a very popular stringless green bean that is very similar to the Burpee Stringless Green Bean. It bears 5" slightly curved green beens that are thick and meaty, juicy tender, fiberless, and tasty. This heirloom has stood the test of time and has been around since 1885. Wonderful beans for canning.

Provider bush beans grow well in a variety of conditions, and are very productive! Pods are 6" long, straight and green, while the seeds are purple. This bean variety has good disease resistance, and matures in only 50 days. Good, tender, quality pods that are low in fiber. Provider bush bean plants are vigorous and strong rooted.

Extend your harvest with these great tasting Romano Beans, which are slow to develop tough strings and tough seeds. The wide, smooth flat pods get up to six inches long. Excellent for canning since they'll hold their flavor during processing. Matures in 60 days.

Add color to your garden with these purple podded snap beans! Royal Burgundy beans are easier to spot while picking, but then turn green when cooked. They are great for fresh eating, canning, or freezing. Bush type plants are erect, vigorous, and germinate well in cool soil.

Expect excellent yields of slender, stringless 5" pods from this bush bean in just 53 days. These tender beans are one of the most popular among home gardeners. Not only wonderful for fresh eating, but canning and freezing as well. They are disease resistant, and slow to become fibrous.

These vigorous plants grow to 20" tall, and keep bearing during the heat of summer. It produces 6" pods in abundance that stay tender for a long time. The pods are dark green with white seeds. Delicious flavor whether cooked fresh, canned, or frozen. Matures in 55 days.

Tendergreen Improved is a great home garden bean variety for canning and freezing, as well as fresh eating! It has a very sturdy and productive bush type plant that bears tender stringless pods that are 6" long. It has excellent disease resistance and matures in about 52 days.

This bean produces small white delicately flavored lima beans. Great for canning and freezing, Baby Fordhook is a great variety for the home garden and market! It is heat tolerant and can adapt to a wide variety of conditions. Matures in 70 days.

This favorite heirloom baby lima grows in dependable bush form! Three or four great buttery tasting lima seeds grow in each pod, and are light green when ripe or white when dry. Productive and popular for the home vegetable garden or processing.

White Dixie Butter Pea is an excellent home vegetable garden variety, and produces delicious, small limas. Three or four nearly round lima beans form inside each pod. Bush type plants grow about 20" high. This is a great lima bean variety for southern gardens, as it does well in hot weather!

A favorite of early Oregon farmers, this vigorous vine sets bean pods from the base to the top of its six foot height. Produces a heavy crop of tender,crisp and stringless pods that remain tender even at full maturity. Ideal for table use, canning and freezing.

This variety is a quality combination of two bean varieties, with the great flavor of the Kentucky Wonder and the enhanced sweetness of the Blue Lake. Healthy, vigorous vines grow up to 6 feet tall and produce an abundance of 6 to 7 inch dark green, white-seeded pods. Extended growing season! Sweet, tender flavor! Matures in about 60 days.

This heirloom bean variety just keeps those mouth watering beans coming all season long! Preferred by many vegetable gardeners for its distinctive flavor, the pods of this bean are, flat meaty, and slightly stringy. With supports, these plants with grow up rather than out, reaching 5 to 8 feet. Matures in approximately 65 days and makes an excellent freezing, canning, or fresh eating variety!

A vigorous climbing lima bean that gives huge yields of large white beans. Seven-inch pods hold 5-6 beans each, growing on eight to ten-foot vines that do well on poles or trellises. Takes 90 days, and bears until frost. These beans are excellent for freezing.

Missouri Wonder is a hard-to-find, heavy producing heirloom pole bean with good flavor! A very hardy bean variety that withstands harsh conditions and stress better than other pole varieties! Pods are thick, slightly curved, and stringless when young. In the old days, this variety was planted in cornfields and grew up the cornstalks for support! This allowed farmers to maximize ground space, and the beans supplied the corn with nitrogen!

These Italian style beans produce six-inch long pods full of rich flavor in just 70 days. The string-less, flat beans are terrific for freezing or table use, and are best when harvested young. Grows on tall vines up to nine feet high.

Yellow wax seeds grow a robust bush bean that will produce great yields of yellow wax beans in about 55 days! Dependable even in adverse weather, and resistant to common bean mosaic. Tasty oval pods are filled with black seeds and reach up to 6 inches long.

These yellow beans remain in prime condition for a long time, making this a great choice for your vegetable garden! Superb for freezing! Golden pods up to 6" long grow in clusters near the main stem, so it's easy to pick! About 50 days to maturity. Tender and tasty!

Sungold is a widely adapted bean variety that bears straight yellow beans with great flavor! Bush-type growth up to 24" tall.

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We have several broad categories of heirloom bean seeds to pick from, so it is good to be aware of the differences. Fava Beans produce giant pods and beans, and are in a class of their own. Then there are Lima Beans which are harvested green and usually shelled out of the pod to eat. We also have the classic Green Beans which can be stringless, and can have either a bush or pole growing habit. Yellow Beans are very similar to Green Beans, and provide a nice contrast in food. We also have several other varieties of open pollinated seeds that grow colorful beans like French Horticulture and Royal Burgundy. These beans are very easy to harvest and fun to eat. Finally, we have a lot of familiar Dry Beans like Kidney Bean, Navy Bean, etc that are generally allowed to dry down and then hulled out for use in soups and other tasty dishes.